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Reflections on hide-working: Interpreting inter-site variability on Vlaardingen group sites through use-wear analysis on scrapers from Den Haag Steynhof 对兽皮加工的思考：通过对 Den Haag Steynhof 出土的刮削器进行使用磨损分析，解读弗拉尔丁根遗址群遗址间的变异性

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104787

Markella Petrogiannaki, Annelou Van Gijn

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Hunter-gatherer mobility patterns influence the reconstruction of social networks from archaeological assemblages 狩猎采集者的流动模式影响考古组合社会网络的重建

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104798

Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias , Robert J. Bischoff

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Affluent foragers in the subtropical forest: Arboreal foodstuff exploitation in late Neolithic Pearl River Delta, South China 亚热带森林中富裕的觅食者：华南珠江三角洲新石器时代晚期的树栖食物开发

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104795

Yongchao Ma , Zhao Li , Quan Li , Zhikun Ma , Changjiang Liu , Yan Li , Yong Cui , Xiaoyan Yang

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Untangling the chronological complexities of the Andean Central Coast Formative Period: A Bayesian reassessment 解开安第斯中央海岸形成期在年代学上的复杂性：贝叶斯重新评估

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104799

Christian Mesía-Montenegro

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Ancient mitochondrial DNA extraction from Bison bison long bones from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage site 从联合国教科文组织世界遗产地水牛跳的野牛长骨中提取古代线粒体 DNA

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104791

Rexelle Asis , Skyler Ngo , Mavis Chan , Shawn Bubel , Theresa M. Burg

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Plant processing and grinding tools from the early Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, Italy 意大利拉马尔莫塔新石器时代早期定居点的植物加工和研磨工具

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104788

Marta Portillo , Caroline Hamon , Victoria García-Martínez , Laia Macià , Gerard Remolins , Niccolò Mazzucco , Mario Mineo , Juan F. Gibaja

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The impact of social status and biological sex on diet at 10th century CE Hungarian sites from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses 从稳定碳和氮同位素分析看公元前 10 世纪匈牙利遗址中社会地位和生理性别对饮食的影响

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104792

Ariana Gugora , Attila Demény , István Gábor Hatvani , Erzsébet Fóthi

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Stay with the green: New insights into ancient copper smelting in the Tonglüshan site, China 与绿色相伴中国铜绿山遗址古代铜冶炼的新发现

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104790

Fan Yang , Shuxiang Chen , Siran Liu , Kunlong Chen

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Mercury contamination in ancient water reservoirs at the Maya city of Ucanal, Guatemala 危地马拉乌卡纳尔玛雅古城水库的汞污染问题

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104789

Jean D. Tremblay , Christina T. Halperin , Peter M.J. Douglas

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The gravity of Paleolithic hunting 旧石器时代狩猎的严重性

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2024-09-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104785

Michelle R. Bebber , Nam C. Kim , Simone Tripoli , Russell Quick , Briggs Buchanan , Robert S. Walker , Jonathan Paige , Jacob Baldino , Scott McKinny , Jaymes Taylor , Metin I. Eren

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